I must admit when I first saw NaNoWriMo being chatted about on Twitter I didn’t have a clue what it was. For those not familiar, it is National Novel Writing Month and the aim is to write 50,000 words in a month, which equates to about 1,666 words per day. If you need some motivation or are goal driven, I can highly recommend trying it and you can network with other writers and get hints and tips, so it’s really useful.
Normally I have a goal of writing a good portion of my fantasy novels but this year my trilogy is nearly finished (hurrah!) bar some editing and another read through, so I thought I would shake up the NaNo to suit where I am at the moment. Also, I work nearly full-time so it isn’t as easy to make the time. For me NaNo should be a motivational time and not cause stress because I feel like I have to write, so I’ve broken mine down to include the following;
Writing 1,666 words a day would roughly take me 1.5-2 hrs a day so if I’m editing/proof reading/prepping to promote my books/editing my fantasy game rather than writing a new story I will count this as NaNoTime and towards my overall total. This way I’m still working towards a goal and keeping myself accountable and ultimately developing my skills. So, if I spend an hour doing something – like writing this blog, I will include it in my overall NaNo goals. It’s my NaNo and I’ve given myself the option/permission of doing whatever I want! I’ve no doubt next year I will be ready to start another big project.
I do have one writing goal which is to finish a story for a project with my writing group and I’m aiming for approx. 17,000 words – this has a deadline for the 1st draft at the end of Dec so this will give me the motivation to crack on.
Right, that’s approx. 350 words added to my NaNoMiniGoal. I’m going to try and write a blog post every few days but will see how it goes!
Good luck with NaNoWriMo if you’re joining in. Feel free to comment or share your tips/projects or find me in NaNoWorld at @clpeache or on Twitter. I’m happy to help or support where i can 🙂 x
P.S. sorry for any typos – no time for editing when it’s NaNoMonth lol
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After living in various parts of the UK, including Wakefield, York, Derby, and the Yorkshire Dales, I now live in Nottinghamshire on a Narrowboat. I enjoy reading, writing, travelling, walking, kayaking, watching all forms of motorbike racing and socialising (networking).
At the beginning of my writing journey, I started a blog which tracks the ups and downs of writing, trying to get published and self-publishing. I need to mention that my blog posts are usually visited by ‘Brackets’!
My fantasy series, Festival of Time is now complete with the publication of Book Three: Battle in November 2022 which now joins, Festival of Time: Book Two: Rescue, and Festival of Time: Book One: Escape. Click ‘books’ on my website to find out more and follow me on social media for updates - I love chatting with readers and authors.
In 2021 I signed a digital publishing contract with Saga Fiction and now have three stories published on their app and Power of Nature is my latest thriller/mystery novel to be published by Saga Fiction and is available on Kindle and Kobo. Another story is coming in 2023.
I am part of a wonderful writing group in Newark: Fosseway Writers and I have a story in The Brinwade Chronicles, which is a collection of 28 Gothic stories by 13 writers. I’ve also contributed to a Fosseway collaborate novel, Burning Old School Ties and our latest anthology, Blood, Sweat and Typewriters They are all available on Amazon. We are working on our project for 2023.
In February 2019 I was lucky enough to travel to New Zealand. During my time there I wrote a journal about our bucket list 43-day adventure. This has now been turned into a travel guide: 187 Kilometres, turn left - now available on Amazon.
A Christmas Wish, is my third self-published story, which came to life after I’d published a Game of Souls in December 2018. My short story, A night lost to the past, won third place in the Newark Book Festival 2018 writing competition, which was run by the Fosseway Writers group. This was well received, and many readers asked me to develop and expand the story. A Christmas Wish and A night lost to the past have now been reedited and have been published with Saga Fiction.
Current projects:
SagaFiction : One novel currently in editing / Short-story for an Anthology in progress.
Fosseway project 2023 : Writing about buildings in Newark - I'm planning to write about St Mary Magdalene Church.
I'm very excited to start rewriting my psychological series, which will hopefully be published in 2023!
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I really like your approach to Nanowrimo. My WIP isn’t always ready for a nano push, so I love your idea of using the hours for some dedicated marketing and other writing tasks. Thanks for the idea!
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No problem. It’s worked for me this month as had no chance to add too much to my WIP with publishing my latest book but it feels good to be involved in NaNo 👍
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